Fahrenheit+451+jigsaw+summary

=Fahrenheit 451 jigsaw summary=

[ Overview ]
This activity will allow you to review the reading by working collaboratively to develop a summary of a section of the book. Group assignments are as follows:
 * Group 1: pages 3-14 (stop at "They had this machine.")
 * Group 2: pages 14-24 (stop at "The Mechanical Hound slept but did not sleep...")
 * Group 3: pages 24-35 (stop at "It was a flaking three-story house...")
 * Group 4: pages 35-48 (stop at "He had chills and fever in the morning.")
 * Group 5: pages 48-59 (stop at "Colored people don't like //Little Black Sambo//.")
 * Group 6: pages 59-68 (stop at the end of Part One)

[ Directions ]

 * 1) Skim your group's assigned section to re-familiarize yourself with it. On your own, jot down brief notes about what you think the most important events are.
 * 2) Discuss with your group members the important events in the section and create a 3-5 sentence summary. Post this summary on the Type With Me document:
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 * 1) As a group, decide on one key quotation (not necessarily dialogue) from your section that you feel is most important or best represents your part of the reading. Post this quotation in the designated section of the Type With Me document below.
 * 2) Assign group members to the following tasks. Each group member should post his/her information in the Type With Me document under the appropriate heading. Each entry should be 3-5 complete, detailed sentences in length.
 * **Inference maker:** Explain what conclusions (inferences) we as readers can make about the characters (with particular focus on Montag) based on the events, actions, and dialogue in your section.
 * **Connector: Make a text-to-text, -self, or -world connection to your section and explain that connection in detail. **
 * **Questioner: Create 3-5 open-ended, thought-provoking (i.e. NOT quiz-type "right or wrong") questions that relate to the events of this section. **
 * **Synthesizer: State what in your opinion is the "big idea" -- also known as the moral, lesson, or theme -- of this section. Explain how/why you identified that "big idea." **
 * 1) Present your findings -- summary, key quotes, and individual roles -- to the class. (Decide ahead of time which group members will be responsible for presenting the summary and key quote.)

[ Requirements ]

 * Your group must complete all parts of the assignment as described above.
 * Your group's work should be free from errors in conventions and mechanics (i.e. spelling, punctuation, grammar). (Group members should work together and check each other's writing to make sure this happens.)

[ Due Date and Grading ]
Your group's work must be completed by the end of class on **December 7, 2011**; you will present your findings during that class period if time allows. Your responses will be graded based on completion, level of detail, and evidence of careful, critical thought. This assignment will count toward the Participation and Classwork portion of your grade.